I don't eat Pears anymore

Wow, I never remember having a pear that had grey colored pulp and stringy. Doesn't sound very appetizing to me, I'm used to the white, but they are nice and juicy and softer when ripened properly. We have a pear tree in our back yard that we planted back in the day, the birds and squirrels get to them many times before we do, and many fall to the ground and get wasted. This year I brought some good ones inside, and my husband slow dried them, skin on, on very low heat in the oven. We had a delicious snack ready for days.
 
SeaBreeze said:
Wow, I never remember having a pear that had grey colored pulp and stringy. Doesn't sound very appetizing to me, I'm used to the white, but they are nice and juicy and softer when ripened properly. We have a pear tree in our back yard that we planted back in the day, the birds and squirrels get to them many times before we do, and many fall to the ground and get wasted. This year I brought some good ones inside, and my husband slow dried them, skin on, on very low heat in the oven. We had a delicious snack ready for days.
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Definitely grey pulp, when I say stringy, I mean fibrous, very very juicy.
I am talking late 60's, early 70's. Have never seen them these days.
 

In the fall when I was growing up in the 50s my grandparents would take me for a car ride looking for old pear trees along the sides of country roads.

Most often we would come home with bushel baskets full that were ripe and had fallen from the trees.
The next day my grandma would can them in a simple sugar syrup which she added a whole clove or two for extra flavor.

My grandpa would take a few that weren't ripe or bruised and bury them in leaves deep in the wood pile away from small animals or a deep freeze, They lasted for a long time.

They were called Kieffer pears. Not much to look at and had a sort of grindy texture but they had a wonderful flavor and so juicy.
 
jujube said:
Have you ever had a Royal Pear from Harry & David? They seem to have the monopoly on them and they cost their weight in gold, but OMG there's nothing like them. You almost have to eat them in the bathtub.
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I don't care that much for Harry&David gift baskets with the sausages, cheese, jellies, etc. But we did have a fruit basket a long time ago, and their fruit was very good.
 
We have pear trees in our back yard and I found out you have to time the pears or else they are hard and small. When they are starting to get ripe, they start falling and the birds and insects start devouring them. I have eaten juicy pears from our trees that are soft and sweet like Harry&David. I like to store them in the fridge and eat slowly or make pies. But not each year is the same. Last year, for example, we hardly had a good crop. This year, we filled several bags and gave to neighbors.
 
Wax coating is applied to many fruits and vegetables for a longer shelf life. While most waxes are safe, they "choke" the fruit. Anaerobic respiration kicks in, and while the fruit itself still looks nice and shiny, it starts to lose it's natural taste. So look for fruit without a shiny coat on them.
 
Bretrick said:
As a youngster in the 70's we had pears that were dripping with juice, soft, grey coloured pulp and stringy.
Have not seen a Pear like that for decades.
Now Pears are rock hard, white, without the stringiness of yesteryear.
I miss the fruit of decades ago.
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I've been meaning to post something similar and ask...Is it ME?! Much of today's fruit has no taste. I know it's not because I'm older and my taste buds are waning. I still come across good tasting fruit on occasion but it's more rare. Apples hardly have taste at all so I gave up on them for awhile. Now that it's apple season, I tried a bag of organics last week. They taste a little better than the last couple of organic apples I bought, but nothing like the olden days. I also noticed the cores in a lot of them look strange. :unsure: However, Costco's apple pies are still delicious! And the apples are cut large and just a wee bit crunchy.

Even bananas don't taste as sweet as they used to. I haven't had a pear in a long time but I recently went back to buying oranges after a few decades. They taste decent, for the most part. I've bought navels and Halos over the last month. Those are the only fresh fruits I buy. I buy frozen cherries and mango chunks. 🍐🍎🍊🍒🥭
 
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OneEyedDiva said:
I've been meaning to post something similar and ask...Is it ME?! Much of today's fruit has no taste. I know it's not because I'm older and my taste buds are waning. I still come across good tasting fruit on occasion but it's more rare. Apples hardly have taste at all so I gave up on them for awhile. Now that it's apple season, I tried a bag of organics last week. They taste a little better than the last couple of organic apples I bought, but nothing like the olden days. I also noticed the cores in a lot of them look strange. :unsure: However, Costco's apple pies are still delicious! And the apples are cut large and just a wee bit crunchy.

Even bananas don't taste as sweet as they used to. I haven't had a pear in a long time but I recently went back to buying oranges after a few decades. They taste decent, for the most part. I've bought navels and Halos over the last month. Those are the only fresh fruits I buy. I buy frozen cherries and mango chunks.
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I have bought Oranges, Tasty? nah, Mandarins, Tasty? nah, Apples, Tasty? so-so
Fruit these days tastes nothing like it did decades ago. It is called progress - not!
 
When I was little my father used to take us to pick up drops under an old Bartlett pear tree on a neighboring farm.

The thing that I remember most was the hornets buzzing around us while we worked.

We had plenty of fat juicy pears to eat out of hand, but the purpose of our trip was to get pears for pressing.

My father always made a barrel of hard cider.
He believed the best cider was made with a combination of pears and apples.
 
Gosh reading this has given me a craving for pears and apples. I love ambrosia type apples. I like Fuji apples but they are so sweet I worry they have been bred into being like eating candy. When I was a kid it was all Red Delicious, and they must have been tree-ripened because I remember them becoming a bit mealy but very delicious.
I think maybe it was Bartlett pears I remember from childhood being all soft and juicy. But now I really like those brown hard white pears (don't remember the type), they are crispy and sweet but very yummy.
 
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